The Chief of Air Employees (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has authorised the implementation of a Group Private Accident Insurance coverage Coverage (GPAIP) for all Nigerian Air Drive (NAF) personnel.
This was contained in a press release made out there to Defence Correspondents in Abuja on Wednesday by Director of Public Relations and Data, Nigerian Air Drive, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet.
Based on the assertion, “this coverage aptly tallies with one of many key enablers of the CAS Command Philosophy, which dwells on, ‘Sustaining a extremely motivated pressure by enhancing welfare and infrastructural renewal.’
It defined that, “whereas a number of insurance coverage insurance policies administered by the Ministry of Defence and the NAF Funding Restricted cowl all NAF personnel, they don’t, nevertheless, adequately deal with some hazards and challenges encountered in the middle of the careers of personnel, the necessity to evaluate and implement a specialised insurance coverage scheme designed to deal with these hazards and distinctive challenges thus grew to become crucial.
It said that at a quick settlement signing ceremony with the authorised insurance coverage dealer, KBC Insurance coverage Brokers Restricted, held at NAF Headquarters Tuesday Air Marshal Abubakar said that underneath the GPAIP, personnel of the NAF can be incentivized to provide their utmost finest with the peace of mind of enough care within the occasion of incapacity or loss of life throughout navy operations or any type of accident.
The Air Chief additionally famous that the welfare of NAF personnel remained germane to the attainment of his Command philosophy because it helped in boosting morale and contributing to the sustenance of professionalism.
The CAS additional added that the execution of navy operations uncovered personnel to numerous ranges of hazards with life-altering penalties of fatalities, therefore, the necessity to repeatedly evaluate current insurance policies to cater for personnel nicely being.
Based on the assertion, “the contract with KBC Insurance coverage Brokers Restricted goals to supply compensation for bodily accidents, loss of life, disablement, and cost of medical bills solely and instantly attributable to accidentals, exterior, violent and visual means to any of the insured personnel.
“Moreover, the scheme will present compensation to the households of personnel who by accident misplaced their lives throughout operations in addition to wage reimbursement of the injured personnel to the NAF within the occasion of hospitalization.
“The key distinction with the brand new GPAIP and the already current Group Life Assurance Coverage (GLAP) run by the Federal Ministry of Defence is that in contrast to the GLAP which advantages solely the household of personnel within the occasion of loss of life and doesn’t cater for medical bills arising from accidents, the GPAIP is all encompassing, benefiting personnel, households in occasion of loss of life in addition to protecting medical payments, compensation for temporal or everlasting incapacity and loss of life, amongst Others”.